Thoracoscopic excision with ultrasonographic detection of a pulmonary carcinoid tumor. A case report.
We present a case of video-assisted partial resection of the right lower lobe for a pulmonary tumor. A 67 year-old woman was admitted because of an abnormal shadow on a chest roentgenogram. The operation was carried out via a small lateral thoracotomy incision and two surgical ports, by video-assisted thoracotomy with intraoperative ultrasonographic detection of the tumor. Pathologic examination of the specimen revealed a carcinoid tumor and showed no tumor cells remaining in the stump. As the postoperative course was uneventful, we describe the usefulness of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery combined with intraoperative ultrasonography.
Nonami
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Department of Surgery I, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan.
Ogoshi
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Ohtsuki
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D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014741:Video Recording